Signatures: 2,600
Goal: 1,000
Deadline: 12-15-2008

We call upon the Kaliningrad city officials and the Kaliningrad zoo to make the ethical decision to send Pregolja to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Pregolja is living in a small, inadequate concrete yard and has lived there all alone for several years. These conditions are physically and psycologically damaging to an elephant's health. Pregolja deserves a more humane existance. At the 2,700-acre sanctuary she will have company of other female Asian elephants in a large natural-habitat where she can freely roam in peace and happiness.
By doing this, the city of Kaliningrad will be improving Pregolja's quality of life tremendeously and also improve the reputation of the zoo.
Please show mercy for Pregolja.
WWW.FREEPREGOLJA.COM for more information.

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Number	Date	Prefix	Name	City	Country	Your comment
2,605	5:51 pm PDT, Jun 6		sandrine lepine	0	France
2,604	4:30 pm PDT, Jun 4		Anonymous	Bergen	Norway
2,603	11:08 pm PDT, Apr 7		Kalyana Krishna	Hyderabad	India
2,602	2:21 pm PDT, Mar 24		Sanda Jovanovic	Zemun ( Belgrade)	Serbia And Montenegro
2,601	6:23 pm PDT, Mar 21	Ms.	Emily Smith	Gothenburg	Sweden
2,600	4:28 pm PST, Feb 6	Mrs.	Lena Bethouart	Uppsala	Sweden
2,599	1:56 pm PST, Feb 2	Mr.	Kirk Barrett	Castleford	United Kingdom
2,598	10:51 am PST, Jan 13		Magnus Johansson	Gothenburg	Sweden
2,597	2:58 pm PST, Jan 9	Ms.	Kriselle Fox	Cleveland Heights	United States	I respectfully ask that you allow Pregolia he freedom and enable her to retirte to a humane sanctuary , The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Certainly she has earned the right to retire with dignty and the ability to have some sembalnce of what would have been a natural life with the ability to exhibit her natural repertoire of behaviors had she not been held captive. PLEASE find in your heart Compassion for her and other animals like her and send her ASAP to the sanctuary.
2,596	9:35 am PST, Jan 7	Mrs.	Bonnie Snider	Jacksonville	United States
2,595	3:24 pm PST, Jan 6	Mr.	Pete Conrads	Cincinnati	United States
2,594	8:48 pm PST, Jan 4	Ms.	CF Tseng	Jhonghe City, Taipei County	Taiwan	Please stop crippling this adorable elephant. This elephant deserves the best.
2,593	12:22 am PST, Dec 3	Mr.	Michael Prieto	New York	United States
2,592	11:22 am PST, Nov 18	Ms.	Ronja Ljunggren	Arboga	Sweden	Have mercy!!!!
2,591	1:01 pm PST, Nov 11		Anonymous	Apache Jct.	United States	I would respectfully request your consideration of our petition on behalf of Pregolja. Elephants are social animals, they need the company of their own kind to live a more balanced life. She has been in your zoo a very long time and now she is totally alone and probably very depressed. For the protection of her mental state and for the protection of her keepers, please consider retiring her to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, U.S.A. Thank you.
2,590	11:02 am PST, Nov 10	Ms.	Rhona Melsky	Mesa	United States	Please free Pregolja and let her live the rest of her life being cared for in sanctuary. Be humane and do the right thing!
2,589	8:23 pm PST, Nov 6		Anonymous	Scottsdale	United States
2,588	9:28 am PST, Nov 5		elizabeth sharpe	chandler	United States	This elephant deserves to live out her remaining years in this beautiful sanctuary.
2,587	7:41 am PST, Nov 4		Victoria Pitcock	Maricopa	United States	It's time to set Pregolja free where she can live out her remaining years in a place where she can be herself and enjoy the company of her own kind, it's time for you to stop being selfish and time to stop being greedy for the sake of this awesome animal!! Please send her to a place where she is able to be as happy as anyone would be when they are in their own comfort zone, she deserves that.
2,586	1:21 pm PDT, Oct 26		James Breslin	queen creek	United States
2,585	11:36 am PDT, Oct 26		RENEE PACEK	QUEEN CREEK	United States	LET HER GO - LET HER LIVE HAPPILY - NOT IN A CONCRETE CAGE. THANK YOU.
2,584	10:41 am PDT, Oct 26		LEANNE PACEK	Queen Creek	United States	Please free this poor feeling, caring, intelligent being from the prison she has been in for entirely too long. Give Pregolja what remains of her life and send her to the sanctuary. The way she has been treated is inexcusable and emancipation is neccessary. �� Pregolja!
2,583	10:20 am PDT, Oct 26		Robin Soletzky	Phoenix	United States	Let this wonderful, gentle gian enjoy her life.
2,581	8:10 am PDT, Oct 19	Ms.	Carleen Busse	Tempe	United States	Please free Pregolja! This elephant deserves to live out the remainder of her life living with her own kind and to roam free in hundreds of acres of natural habitat.
2,580	2:34 pm PDT, Oct 17	Mr.	Robert & Debra Harris	Buckeye	United States
2,579	7:27 pm PDT, Oct 16	Ms.	vicki overton	mesa	United States	FREEDOM!!!!!!!
2,578	9:56 am PDT, Oct 16	Ms.	Julie Ensminger	Mesa	United States
2,577	10:02 am PDT, Oct 15	Mrs.	Michelle Andria	Phoenix	United States	I beg you to consider sending Pregolja to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee where she can have the space and natural environment she needs. Keeping her any longer in the inadequate facility is just plain irresponsible and cruel. As a zoo, I would expect that your number one concern is the well being of the animals. Clearly, the Kaliningrad Zoo is not the best option for Pregolja.
2,576	7:23 am PDT, Oct 15		Paul Verdugo	Phoenix	United States	Please send Pregolia to the sanctuary. This elephant has lived a abnormal life long enough and deserves something better
2,575	1:16 pm PDT, Oct 5	Mrs.	Mary Susan Harrington	Maplewood	United States
2,574	11:26 pm PDT, Sep 30		Veronica Soto	Phoenix	United States
2,573	7:04 am PDT, Sep 4	Ms.	Kathleen Conroy	Gothenburg	Sweden
2,572	7:54 am PDT, Sep 1	Ms.	Anonymous	Cottbus	Germany
2,571	11:12 am PDT, Aug 31	Ms.	Johanna Hajnos	Stockholm	Sweden
2,570	3:00 am PDT, Aug 26	Ms.	laetitia tapon	Villiers Le Bel	France
2,569	8:09 am PDT, Aug 24	Ms.	Manno Blom	Uppsala	Sweden	Take your responsibilty! NOW!
2,568	3:19 pm PDT, Aug 22		Anonymous	Stockholm,	Sweden
2,567	10:19 pm PDT, Aug 21	Mr.	michel bireloze	rabat	Morocco
2,566	10:16 pm PDT, Aug 21	Ms.	Marie-Christine Furgeot	rabat	Morocco
2,565	12:31 am PDT, Aug 21	Mrs.	Erika Chassagne	Antibes	France
2,564	10:27 am PDT, Aug 20		Katja Gosser-Duncan	Ume�	Sweden	That's really crule!
2,563	2:39 am PDT, Aug 20		Anonymous	Nacka	Sweden
2,562	4:47 am PDT, Aug 18	Ms.	Karin L�f	Malm�	Sweden	Horrible...
2,561	9:19 am PDT, Aug 17		Alejandra Vega	Buenos Aires	Argentina
2,560	9:10 am PDT, Aug 16	Ms.	Grethe Lacis	Stockholm	Sweden	thats 'bout time
2,559	1:54 am PDT, Aug 12	Ms.	Cecilia Bondesson Hvid	Bj�rred	Sweden
2,558	5:10 pm PDT, Aug 11	Ms.	Sandy Valencour	Auburn	United States
2,557	5:10 am PDT, Aug 6	Mrs.	Ans Perrault	Affligem	Belgium	Laat haar vrij!!!
2,556	8:16 am PDT, Aug 3	Ms.	Sara Olofsson	Brokind	Sweden	Free pregolja!!
2,555	12:30 am PDT, Jul 30	Ms.	Sophie Persson	Landskrona	Sweden
2,554	4:09 am PDT, Jul 26	Ms.	Becky Fisher	perrysburg	United States
2,553	3:13 am PDT, Jul 12		Birgitta Fliesberg	Uddevalla	Sweden
2,552	2:57 pm PDT, Jul 2	Ms.	Lina Larsson	Stockholm	Sweden	Horrible!
2,551	12:33 am PDT, Jul 2	Ms.	Karolina Brorsson	�ngelholm	Sweden

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Free Pregolja! Give her sanctuary

Pregolja is a female Asian elephant who lives at the Kaliningrad zoo in Russia. She was born at this zoo in 1970, and has lived there ever since. She has spent 37 years in a small and barren enclosure surrounded by rusty steel and grey cement. It is an environment nobody should be forced to live in. Pregolja is also all alone. Since her mother died in 2000, she has had no companionship of other elephants.

Her history indicates that she developed psycological health problems early in life. When Pregolja turned 8 years old, the zoo decided to turn her into a baby-machine and she was bred with her very own father! For the next decade, Pregolja gave birth to 5 calves. Tragically, she killed the first 4 calves right after birth. Her surviving calf is today with a Russian circus.

Pregolja has gone through a lot of pain and misery in life, and it is time that she is given a chance of a real life.
Pregolja must go to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. There she will be given a new chance to experience life in a environment that promotes freedom, respect and unconditional love.

WWW.FREEPREGOLJA.COM

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